outgeneral
Example Sentences
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Terrence assured him that he would yet aid him to outgeneral the Englishman, and he only wished that he might come into port during their stay.
From Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established by Musick, John R. (John Roy)
Then I saw an elderly gentleman pacing back and forth between two feminine chatterboxes, and trying to outgeneral the two happy people.
From A Romance in Transit by Lynde, Francis
We resolve now and here to outgeneral circumstances.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
For two or three days and nights they managed to outgeneral all their adversaries, and succeeded bravely in making the best of their way to a Free State.
Lincoln's friend in Kansas, instead of securing that delegation for him, had suffered the Seward men to outgeneral him, and the prospects were by no means flattering.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.